Remember, genes are NOT blueprints. This means you can't, for example,
insert "the genes for an elephant's trunk" into a giraffe and get a
giraffe with a trunk. There -are- no genes for trunks. What you CAN do
with genes is chemistry, since DNA codes for chemicals. For instance,
we can in theory splice the native plants' talent for nitrogen fixation
into a terran plant.
-- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
"Nonlinear Genetics"
insert "the genes for an elephant's trunk" into a giraffe and get a
giraffe with a trunk. There -are- no genes for trunks. What you CAN do
with genes is chemistry, since DNA codes for chemicals. For instance,
we can in theory splice the native plants' talent for nitrogen fixation
into a terran plant.
-- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
"Nonlinear Genetics"
Related:
- Genetists do it with sick
genes... - It is a medical commonplace that the tissues of the human body
replace themselves regularly,
essentially creating an entirely new body every seven... - Those parts of the system that you can hit with a
hammer are called hardware;
those program instructions that you can only curse... - Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not advised)
are called hardware;
those program instructions that you can only curse... - Biochemists wear designer
genes... - Bioengineers wear designer
genes... - Did you hear about the female lab technician who has
asked to be transferred from a genetics-research project... - Do molecular biologists wear designer
genes... - Do molecular biologists wear designer
genes...
